On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 18:57:28 -0700, Peter Gordon <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > jack wallen wrote: > >anyone have a suggestion for a good video card (not high end) to use > >with FC4? i do a lot of graphics and DTP. thanks. > > If you don't need anything overly powerful, any older Radeon (9250 and > earlier) will work perfectly with GNU/Linux, and you won't have to worry > about proprietary drivers or troubles that may be caused by such due to > the fact that these Radeons are fully supported by the Free DRI drivers. :) > > I've got a Radeon 9200 in my box currently and it works beautifully. > BZFlag, Wesnoth, PPRacer, etc. all run at 1400x1050 with their highest > settings and no slowdown (Though FSAA is currently only supported through > ATi's proprietary alternative driver). > > Note: If you plan to buy one of these do not purchase a SE card, as they > only have half of the memory bandwidth of the ``normal'' card; i.e., 64-bit > versus 128-bit. The SE also has a slower-clocked GPU (~200 MHz versus ~250 > MHz) You may want to check the DRI Wiki for more information: I have a 9200 and use it to play NWN and it seems to be fast enough. I did have some significant problems with lockups before FC4. I still get some rare lockups. I haven't gotten any since the recent xorg update, but it hasn't been long enough that I am sure the problem is fixed.
